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,'.'"y». -H=—J County Correspondence. EAD'S GROVE. L. G. Chito is in Des Moines this week. Will Hennessy and wife are the proud parents of a baby boy born on June 26. Fred Moser visited at Colesburg last Sunday. Mrs. Gus Olutc was called to Man chester last Thursday by the death of lier father. Will'Rutherford is having con siderable trouble with a ring-worm on his face. On Tuesday morning John Robi son was found lying dead in liis barnyard by liis wife. Deceased was subject to lieart attacks and while fixing fence on Monday evening was stricken by death, lying put in the rain the entire night. The funeral was held from the house on Thursday. Interment was made at Manchester. Jim Fowler swapped horses with the gypsies. Tom Parkinson and J. M. Rether ford made a trip to Manchester Tuesday. Jacob Piatt of Hopkinton attended the funeral last Thursday.' EARLVIIXE. Gertrude Wildebarre of Dubuque has been visiting friends hore the past weak. G. L. Rundell returned from the western part of the state last week. He has been working for the Austin Western Scraper Co. in western Iowa aiid South Dakota and des cribes the crop condition in some counties in this state as being de plorable and with little prospect of crops because of the extreme moisture. Miss Ora Wesche is at Webb, la., where she accompanied her brother, Lewis, last week. They will retvirn in the automobile owned by Wesche Bros, if the weather and roads will permit. Jolrn Cattron is working for the Keystone "View Co. in Michigan being stationed at Grand Haven. Ralph Dunham of Manchester was a business visitor here Wednesday. Mrs. J. W. Roe and little son of Cedar Rapids were guests of rela tives here the first of the week. John Cook had a barn raising on his farm east of town Wednesday at which a large number from town were present. The bam will make a nice addition to Mr. Cook's already well equipped farm. Mrs. C. M. Laxson and children have been visiting at Elkport the past week. Mrs. DeWitt Nelson and daughter left Friday for their home in Tintah, Minn., after a month's visit at the home of Mrs. Nelson's father, J. S. Reeder. Annie Harris will return this week from a three week's visit with friends at Tripoli, Iowa. IT H. J. iDenton and Harry, who are S.-I: G.-R.„ Jr. W. Rys. were at home ^er'lhe ^Fourth. W. H. Parker of Minneapolis was calling on relatives here Sunday. Mrs. E. B. Gould and little son of Waterloo are visiting at the home of her parents Mrs. and Mrs. H. J. Pitcher. Mrs. Frank Zeiler and children are at Dubuque spending a few days at the home of her mother Mrs. Buell. "W7L. Bender will go to Chicago Thursday in the interest of the firm for which he is traveling, Franklin, MacVeagh & Co. Most of our townspeaple attended the celebration of the Fourth at Manchester. The opinion was gen eral that the attractions were of the highest order and all are well pleas ed with the treatment they received. Many expresssed themselves bb of the opinion that it was the best celebration they have attended. J.JB. Fuller and wife of Indepen dence have returned from Denver, Col., where he was compelled to go some weeks ago because of a severe attack of asthma. His many friends here will be glad to know that he is much improved and he lias returned to his duties as station agent at In dependence. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller were here the first of the week to get their daughter who has been staying with her grandparents, Mr. »AurdMrs. H. Arnold. DELHI. McCafEery of Waterloo of town last east William visited relatives week. Rev. Salisbury, Gusie and Guy Bondurant and Harlan Stone attend ed the Epworth League Convention at Fayette last week. A. D. Barnes wife and two young daughters of Independnce are guests atkH. H. Porter's Mrs Barnes and Mrs. Porter are sisterB Many of our citizens attended the celebration at Manchester the Fourth, wMle many others had family picnics nearer home. Charles Pulver was in Worthing ton Tuesday. Ed McMullen and wife have a little girl at their home born Tues day. The Silver medal Contest by two sets of contestants mil be held at the M. E, Church on Friday evening July 10. Admission 10 cents John Porter sr. is home from an extended visit in Wisconsin. Ward White and son, Clark, Will Rimmer and Seward Anderson re turned from the west Friday. Rose Seeley of Anamosa visited at G. O. White's Friday. i. :Frank Smith anc( family from Sand Springs spent the Fourth with his parents here. H. A. Dunham and family attend ed the wedding of their son and brother Geo. W. Dunham and MisH Hilma McKelvey, which occurred rjjtuie 19 at the bride's home at Cen ter Junction. Congratulations and bgjtt wishes. IjWill Toomor, Frank Howard and John McGuire spent the 4th with lipme folks. .jr. Irish of Hopkinton was town pairing telephone lines. SSlitt rrsw Fred HickB was is Manchester one day last week. Mi's. Clarissa Sutton of Fort Dodge is visiting relatives and friends in this neighborhood. Mrs. Geo. Miller was shopping in Manchester Tuesday of last week. Jay Lillibridge had business in Manchester last Thursday. Sirs. R. E. Grommon and daugh ter, Avis, were Manchester callers last Wednesday. R. E. Grommon was in Delhi last Friday. Mrs. C. Flanigan and Mrs.C. Little field visited at the home of their sister, Elvira Davis, last Wednesday. G. B. Davis was a Delhi caller last Friday. Ben McKee is visiting at G. B. Davis'. STRAWBERRY POINT. Miss Nellie Westfall returned home from Manchester Thursday morning where she had been the guest of friends. Henry Eaton has had his pension raised to $12 a month and $900 back pay. We congratulate Mr. Eaton on his good fortune. Rita Smith went to Manchester Monday evening for a short visit in that place, C. H. Boynton was a caller in Greeley Thursday. T. Fuehr, of Dundee, was a busi ness caller in this place Saturday. Mrs. Blair of Manchester was a calleiiii- tliis place, Thursday the -gu$af of relatives.—Mail Press. COGGON. Mrs. M. E. Sherman visited rela tives in Manchester Wednesday, The Misses Maye and Lillie Pat ton were Manchester visitors, Wed nesday. Miss Ruby Dutton is visiting rela tives in Hazel Green. Mrs. Henry Warnock was a Man chester visitor Wednesday. Chas. Davis of Manchester visited at the home of his cousin W. H. Coquillette and wife, Friday and Sat urday. The storm of Monday night though heavy did little damage to this section of the county. In the vicimtv of Center Point, Central City, Wau beek and Praireburg considerable damage is reported by lightning and fire. A barn near Prairieburg is re ported to have been burned together with a team of horses and a cow, en tailing a lost of about §1,500. Near Waubeek a barn was struck by light ning and burned to the ground, and a dwelling house in Central City was considerably damaged by light ning.—Monitor. Af RYAN. Dan Lyness returned last week from Des Moines where he has been attending school at Higniana l'ark College. W. T. MeElliott was a visitor Manchester last Tuesday. Miss Anna 'Hennessy, of Dixon, 111., is ij guest at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. P. Striegel. Will Luchterhand and brother Chas of Delaware were visitors in Ryan last Sunday. A. L. Lyness has shipped seven car loads of hay from Ryan to Du buque during the past two weeks. Miss Esmee Belknap will leave this week for Clark county, Iowa, on an extended visit to her brother Jas. Belknap and family. Alma Sophia Hawker, daughter of Henry and^Frieda Hawker, was born March 27th 1895, in Hazel Green and on May 19 th of the same year she was baptised. Alma was of a quiet disposition, and by her lov able traits of character became the idol of her parents' hearts. She was unusually bright for one so young, an early flower she was, not destin ed to remain in thiB world, but lias found a better home. Her pastor called to see her one day recently and upoji asking her if she pre ferred to remain in this world or go to Heaven, she replied she would sooner be in Heaven. About one year ago she was taken ill with appendicitis and on June 15th of the present year she grew so much worse than mi operation was deemed advisble. She never rallied from it and at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon her spirit winged its flight. Although her sufferings were intense she bore them patiently unto the last. 'Die funeral was held Sunday from tho Lutheran church here and was attended by a large company of sorrowing relatives and friends. The services were conduct ed by Rev. E. Melchert, who de livered a very touching sermon. The remains were laid to rest in the Golden cemetery.—Reporter^, DYERSVILLE. John Domeyer returned from his trip in the western part of this state. He reports a very pleasant visit. Ed Brueckner was at Manchester last Friday. Joseph Donkholf had business at. Geo. Dolley and Miss Hnrmie Bacon were married at the bride's home Wednesday, June 24, by Rev. Manchester last Friday. H.R.Salisbury. Henry Raker of this city has corn- Mrs. Gustafson is entertaining her menced his fourth year traveling for niece from abroad. the National Importing Company of Doctor and Mrs. A. II. Swinbiirne this city. Mr. Raker is giving en of Marietta, Ohio, have a little tire satisfaction and wo .arc glad to daughter at their homo, borne Juno, hear of his success. 30. Jim Tobin of Worthington mark- Miss Gwen Perkins entertained cted 2(5 hogs hero Monday that avei the young ladies of the class of 1903,' aged about 200 pounds. Anton Mai Lenox college, at her home on Wed- rose, Mike Lehmann, Frank Reiter, nesday July 1. John "Desoto and Frank Wienecke Miss Hattie Hunt is visiting her 1 helped haul them to Dyersville. parents at this place. Henry Honkomp and wife near The M. E. Aid Society meets New Vienna and ii. Kerkhoff were Wednesday afternoon, July 8th, with down in Northfork last week where Mrs. Lucy Lewis. they visited Joseph Honkomp and Tho Delhi Band has been engaged wife. Joseph is a son of Mr. and to play at Manchester July 8. The Mrs. Henry Honkomp. date of the sale of town lots, itjfi 8588 BAILEY'S FORD & Darling and wife "and Rob Wilson and wife spent Sunday of last week at the home of R. E. Grommon. M. S. Banta had business in Manchester last Tuesday. J. G. Daker has returned from S. D. He say Iowa is good enough for him. M. Haasis was in Manchester last Tuesday. Loren Ellegehas gone to Wis consin. Articles of incorporation of the National Importing company were filed with the county recorder Mon day afternoon. Dyersville is to be the principal place of business and the object of the corporation is the manufacture, importation, purchase and sale of malt, spiritous and vin uous liquors of nil kinds in accor dance with the laws of Iowa. Also to deal in glassware, furniture and articles incident to the liquor busi ness. The capital stock is §50,000 and the incorporators are Nicholas Esch, Peter Escli and Henry Raker. Nicholas Esch is to be president and general manager and Henry Raker secretary. These gentlemen are all well known residents of this city. Commercial. GREELEY. During the storm Tuesday morn ing, J. S. Schirmer's barn was hit by. lightning and some damage was done. Every horse in the barn was mode deaf by the shock. Mrs. Penn, the aged mother of Mrs. Husted is critically ill at the home of her daughter in this city, Mrs Penn is one of the oldest set tlers in Delaware county and has many friends who will be grieved to learn of her serious illness. George Pierce has bought the Allen Lewis farm of 155 acres. Chas. Hoag of Oneida made a splendid chairman of the county convention. Mrs. J. W. Roe and her mother, Mrs. Meserve, visited at A. Davis' last Wednesday. This community was terribly shocked Tuesday morning by the announcement of the death of John Robinson an old resident of this community and living about four miles west of here. Mr. Robinson has not been in robust health for some time but no intimation was had that the end was so near. Mon day when he came in for supper his wife remarked that he looked bad, but after supper he went out to re pair some fence and when he did not return his wife supposed he had walked over to their son Ed's place, but in the morning she became wor ried at his continued absence and went to the barn where she found the body of her husband lying near the wind mill and apparently life had been extinct for some time. Mr. Robinson is supposed to have died from heart disease. The funeral will be held today (Thursday) at ten o'clock at the residence. The burial will take place at Manchester-Home Press. RE-UNION OF OUR FIRST SETTLERS. A (Continued from 1st. page.) conveyences were crowded with pas sengers going out to and returning from the west. There was scant room for the traveling public, and every house was a stopping place. Loads of lumber and building ma terial were carried over the road daily everything required for build ing purposes and merchandise of of every kind were all carried west by team. Hundreds of movers went by with loads of household goods, and stock was driven out on foot. It is not improbable that more travel passed over this road in two years then than has at any one time since in ten years, exclusive of car travel. In the meantime mills were built out west, which supplied the grow ing demand for feed and lumber, and much that heretofore had been brought from a distance was sup plied by home manufacturing. Then travel gradually decreased. When in 1860 the cars of the Du buque & Pacific railroad went through going westward, carrying passengers and freight, the buBtle and excitement making the few pro ceeding years ceased and were super ceded by years of continued improve ments, which have made Delaware in many respects the banner county of the beautiful state of Iowa. She has more than fulfilled the predic tions of her early settlers, who laid the foundation for her wealth and prosperity when they opened up farniB and built log cabin homes for themselves and their children in the new country. May they, together with those who succeed them, be kindly remembered by the present and the future members of the Old Settlers' association. Mrs. Tlios. Elder, had also pre pared an interesting article on: The Association And What Is Means to The Old Settler. The association known as the Old Settlers of Delaware County is, I be lieve our subject for today's program, a subject which, ever since its organ ization, has been of much interest to me. And the thought comes to me today, as I stand here before you, can it be, that I, too, am growing old. For I do not feel aged, and there are not many silver threads among the gold of my hair, still, if I class my self with the old settlers of Delaware waro County, age must certainly be creeping on. I came west with my father and mother, Martin and Nancy Lan ning, and several other children, from Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1852, "wwi'Mi you must remember there was a large family of us, and occasionally guests came to visit us, though a year or'so later my father built a lean-to or kitchen on the east and we then felt quite proud of our ex tensive quarters. With everything else to fill up our limited space, wo had to make room upon a pole among the rafters for the seed com, the dried pumpkin, and the rings of sausage and dried venison prepared by my mother for winter use. No carpets graced tho basswood floor of that dear little old log cabin home, though it was always clean and white. No sewing machine, when I was a child of but 4 years of age, and settled on the old home stead at Spring Branch to grow up with the country, and my thoughts turn backward to the June days of long ago, but not far away, for they were all spent on, or near tlif sunny banks of Spring Branch just north east of the fish cultural station, where I dwelt in happiness in the little one roomed log cabin, which my fa I her together with our kind neighbors, erected in the woods, and which was the dearest home to me that I have ever known, though containing but one room below which served for parlor, sitting room, bedroom, kitchen and pantry, and a room above with a bed in each corner, for with fine mahogany cabinet, stood invitingly ready for use, but my mother's nimble fingers did ^he sew ing and patching, the knitting and darning for the entire family of ten, with perhaps, occasional assistance from my older sister, who could not have been more than twelve years of age, while now in these degenerate days of progressiveness and plenty, I can Bcarcely find tine to sew Our post office was located on the road iii a log cabin opposite the burying ground, and was kept by Herman Annis, an uncle of Mrs. E. J. Conger, and Mrs. Annis his wife was the first person buried in that little side hill cemetery where my father and mother rest, \md a great many of the old neiglibtrS of pioneer days, for during eveli the last year, since we last met at this same gathering of the old settlers, How many have gone from our midst and have been gathered to the heavenly garner, carrying with them histories of usefulness and consis tency which will doubtless be a crown of rejoicing to them in the great day,for as the streams tend to the ocean, so all these are tending to the great ocean of infinite purity and bliss. Oh! the sad, sweet years of long ago! the sun, the rain, alas! too quickly did they wane. For each some boon, some blessing bore. Of smiles and tears, each had its store. Its checkered lot of bliss and pain, like echo of an old refrain. Then we had for our neighbors, though some distance apart, Joel Bailey of Baileys Ford, where my father taught school for several win ters, until our own log school house was completed, and then he taught school in it the first term and for several subsequent terms Joint Lillibridge, John Clark, Davy Con ner, Mid Eldredge, Sealy Easter, Herman Annis, Matt Brayton, Steve and Dan Potter, Uncle Solomon and Tunis Moshier, Leb Dudley, Ferdi nand Dunham L. S. Gates, Henry Edmunds and many others brave and true. And oh! the long delightful win ter evenings when they used to visit around, and,fas the poet says. "The checkered shirt was thought no hurt, Good company to keep And when a visit we did pay, On a win ter's night or a winter's day, The oxen drew our ladies' sleigh. In the new country." As I stated I was but a child, but how well I remember those visits and the suppers when company came. Of course they were invited, lience, we were prepared for them, and now for the delicious bill of fare. It makes my mouth water to think of it. There was nice white home made bread and butter, doughnuts, which my mother often made with and without sweetening,(for sorghum does not fill the bill in doughnuts though we nearly always had brown sugar,) pumpkin pies, crab apples with sugar and cream, nice fried salt ham, dried sweet com, and often venison, for I can remember when deer were plenteous, and I have often seen them runuing wild, and Mr. Eldredge and others will undoubtedly remember that my father was an excellent shot. My sister, Mrs. John Hosier, who now resides in or near Masonville, lived with her husband in a lojr cabin just a few steps oast of the fish cultural station among the rocks and boulders, and liow often when John was away from home, have I gone there to remain over night with her for company and to keep the Indians and wolves away, for, with the same poet, "Our paths were through the winding vale, where oft the savago trod.' They were not wide nor scarce a guide, But all the ones we had, Our houses For anew Country." In memory 1 hear the song of the whip-poor-Will again, and tho wail of the wild cayote, and his snake ship was often prevalent among us, "The rattlesnake did our children dread, Oftimes a fearful mother said, Some beast of prey will take my babe, In this new country. But. we lived in social haniiony. We drank the purling stream,No Doctor, priest or lawyer there, was seldom ever seen, Our health e'en needed no repair, No saint forgot his pious prayer, And who should fee a law yer there, In the new country." Those lines apply to the circum stances so vividly that I cannot re frain from using them, but I must hasten for wish to speak of my school days and my tutors, sonic whom you all know well. My first teacher was Miss Helen Katun In.in up north of town, now the Widow Wilcox, Lev Stone of Delhi, Miss Ursula Davis of Delhi, now Mrs. .Tames Ball of Delaware, and later Lee Chapel of North Manchester, L. S. Gates, Miss Pheoba Ann Coon, afterwards Mrs. Steve Edmunds, and later still Stephen Edmunds. Oh those halcyon days, so many years ago. how sweet their memory t-till, through tho dimness of the distant time, 1 still gaze lingering— lingering, on "a button for a member of my own family. Addison Smith, then of the Bay settlement, Rev. Amsden, lately de ceased of our own town, and old Uncle Daniel Smith of near Delhi, a good old fashioned Methodist preacher, used to preach to us Sun days in the school house where don ned in our Sunday best, our sun bonnets and calico gowns, we at tended services and how vividly the scene presents itself to me when those good old saints would arise and give out the hymn and line it, "A Charge to Keep I have, A God to Glorify." Please sing-and we sang-and with a spirit too. The regular good old fashioned singing, the sweetest music on earth to me, which speaks of that home far be yond, where the congregations ne'er break up and Sabbaths never end. Dr. Stout of Delhi, who was after ward murdered by a Dr. Sharp of the same place and our own Dr. Morse of Manchester were our prac ticing physicians. There in Junes of childhood wo climbed the pliant saplings for acid oak balls. There following the gurgling waters under tho willows, and around the ferny banks of Spring Branch' we rambled for pear ly pebbles or strolled upward along the slopes for strawberries and June berries. There in sultry Augusts, we found the coolest and quietest shades, and there in now long gone Septembers, at the oak tree roots, and on the level mosses of the rocks we played merchant gathering the frost fabrics for fanciful goods—the glossy crimson gum leaves for silks the brown hickory leaves for broad cloths and faded lilly blades for ribbons rare all nicely arranged on shelves of bark behind counters of fallen timbers. These were our treasures then, and that wealth gave us exquisite pleasure. Never did salesman in city trade more earnest ly recommend his merchandise than wc "our best assorted" and "latest styles" when we played "keeping store," and oiir customers! 1 see them now, the little ladies tripping from their make believe houses be neath a score of neighboring wild vine arbors, the miniature men, astride of sticks for horses, gallop ing to our very store doors, and there dismounting to examine our stock of soapstone plows, our poke berry paints, our harness of plaited grass, our dock leaf leather our hazehvood iron and our nails of broken twigs of hawthorne bushes. And the money—ready pay, for much as we loved, we never trusted in a financial sense, but in every other always. Our money ever cur rent, and never counterfeited, was lieither silver nor gold,but the pretty ground acorn shells, products of our own beautiful western home, or the tiny white pebbles, gathered from the brook that bubbled down the valley. But here, this sultry aftor noon as I stand before you, the scenes of the past are blended, not only as a picture of summers gone forever, but of many merry winters between. The artist in my mind's eye gives the winter picture better than I can with my pen and the sports of the youngsters were none the less enjoyable for cold or be cause of the teacher's eye. Summers and winters all, were filled with royalist delights, and to day in my imagination I see the dilapidated old log school house standing near the cross roads, not far from Farmer Dudley's old home stead, with its dark zebraish walls, so warped and weather-beaten, the low roof cupped and curled by the rains and suns of tedious years, the sloping door sill so often pressed by little brown bare feet, that have long since wandered a' cold down into the dark valley of shadows. All these, as pictures, I see again. I see the grassy square in front of the school house door, where hand in hand, in happy circle, loved and loving all around, we used to play and sing. Many were the lessons learned, within and without those sombre walls of log and clay. The old school house on the green, where everything was rude and plain, but many of America's noted men have gone out from those old tumble down landmarks, to grapple with the world, and make a name for them selves, names that are an honor to their country. The tender recollections of Bchool days even in that humble school house and along its hallowed paths around, are cherished for their pic tures of peace, and shall be more beautiful with tho added years, for when this earth life is ended, the glorified student shall look down ward from Heaven and backward afar along Die shining pathway that led hi in to the immortal heights. He will remember the school, where were such gentle friendships, the first outside of home, such floods of light, such thrills of love, the brightest- joys oji earlh. j^Those old reminiscences of early times in Delaware County, when the places and the people that are left were more than half a century younger than they now are, are glorious old by-gones, for the lines of formality and fashion were not very closely drawn in those days. Society was eminently respectable and circumspect, but.it was not gilt edged, and every-body met on an etpial footing, and went in for a good time. Many, yes very many of those lov ed voices, are silent now, and many feet that tripped through the maizes of the gay cotillion and the merry reel, have grown weary with their long pilgrimage along they were logs of wood, Rolled up names have .been lost in the flight of in squares and corked with mud, If time,-who were conspicuous in ear™ the bark was tight the roof was good 1 the path of life and among the shadows of the evening time, and those are faded but pleasant memories now. We can remember many of the names and many others whose liest social circles of Delaware County. For, as the lieart of child-hood, brings, Something of Eternal joy From its,own unsounded springs, Such as life can scarce destroy So remindful of the prime, Spirits wandering to and fro, Prest upon the resting time, In the Peace .of long ago. Tombs where lonely love repines, Ghastly tenements of tears, Wear the look of happy shrines, Through the golden mist of years, Death, to those who trust in good, Vindicates his hardest blow Oil! Wo would not, if wo could, Wake the sleep of long ago a Dr. G. II. Fuller had' prepared short article on the impressions tho pioneer received upon coming to this prairie land and upon their hopes and their realization, llcv. II. W. Tnttle read The Immigration of Fifty Years Ago. Dr. G. H. Fuller. So much has been published in the last year in tho excellent series of papers in The Manchester Press con cerning early experiences in this county that Iliad not the courage to try, to add to the peculiar incident of that life already related, but will try instead to sketch briefly tho impres sions of an emigrant from the older and more thickly settled regions of our country, on his first arrival in this, at that time, very now section. The first impression, I think, WBB always of the largeness of the country to one coming from one of the valleys of a hilly eastern state. In our first trip west this was impressed upon us the first morning we were in Blinois, as by an accident to the train it was at daylight standing in the inidst of an almost perfectly level prairie. As far as we could see east or west, in a straight line, was the gradually narrowing ribbon of the railroad track, and north and south the level, fertile ground, with an occasional low house, corn field or scattering tj:ee or small grove, -a veritable sea of bounteous vegetable growth blend ing in the dim distance with the dull gray horizon of an October morning. A more complete contrast to the val leys and hillsides of New England cannot be imagined. No thoughtful person could fail to foresee the wealth sometime to be ac cumulated from those boundless stores. This notwithstanding the ex treme rawness and crudeness.r/of everything in the lives arid surround ings of the people. Of the products of the soil fliey had abundance and were lavish of them. A sixteen-foot log cabin or rough board cottage would often set forth a banquet fit for a prince in everything except style and to style the people were indifferent, so long as they had the banquet. They came from three or four perhaps eight or ten miles as cheerfully in their lumber wagons and sunbonnets as their descendants in their surreys and more fashionable attire, and if horses were not con venient they did not scorn the equally faithful, if not as rapid, team of oxen. But in all their labors and priva tions these pioneer settlers had faith in the future and at least a partial vision of the wonderful development of the present da}' in wealth, and in the conveniences, comforts, and re finements of life, which tliey were sure would some day result from the judicious improvement of the stupen dous natural resources around them Lidderdale and Lanesboro are bright new towns on the Chicago Great West era Hallway. For particulars write lidwln B. Magill, Mgr., Townsite Dep't., Fort Dodge, Iowa. 25wl The new town of Ludderdale, Carroll County, on the Omaha extension of the Ctncago Great Western Railway will be opened to the public by an auc tion sale of lots about tbe middle of July, For particulars address Edwin i'. Mspill, Mgr., Townsite Dep't., Fort Dodge, la. 25w4* Homeseekers Excursions. One-way rate witb two dollars addi tional, for round trip tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays of every month, with limit for return 21 days from date of sale. See ticket agents of Minneap olis & St Louis for information as tn rates, etc, or address A. B. Cutts, G. P. & T. A. Minneapolis, Minn. FOR TRADE. Fine Bred Horses. 2 Fillies 2 and 3 Years old Sire, Instructor H., Record 2:26 «vt 1. LUELLA Now Perhaps the next idea suggested was.the abounding fertility of this great plain. The east from which we came had rich soil, but it was in patches-here a choice valley, there a fertile bunch of land or hillside not steep enough to wash, while between were gravelly or rocky sections, or ground so steep that all the goodness of the soil had long ago been carried away by floods. But now we were in deed in a sea of fertility apparently as boundless almost as the ocean it self-whole counties, whole states, with scarcely a waste acre in a thousand among the vast expanse of the prodigal richness of .these fertile plains. ID rnrr Dam by Alltell by Alerton, record 2:11 at 2 years, dam Annie Dickinson, record 2:16. 2. Dam, Lady Hopefull, record 2:20 by Mainbrino Pilot, as fine a breel mare as ever came to this country. Also the dam of above colts with nlly colt at her side, sire, Judge Clifton, by Mambrino Boy. Also a 3 year old filly, sire Broc ton, dam, Bird H., full sister to dam of Axtell. Will Trade for Cattle. A Chance not Offered Every Day to Procure a Fine Bred Brood Mare. Jos., Hutchinson. Wc": Tn The Largest And Best Wild .West Display Now In America. COMING HERE IN ALL ITS ENTIRETY wiLfi Kxmurr AT Ilmtlaj, July 16, -THE FOREPAUGH INCORPORATED THE WHIRLWINDS OF THE PSgfc AND CONGRESS OF ROUGH RIDERS OF THE WORLD A HACK OF NATIONS. "ROUND UP" on mm# Zr Ki THP.m OR1BNTAL. WftSTIMM WILD WEST SHOWS the Zenith of Us OvorwholmlDR and Triumphant Success, ITesontme a L'roaram of Mai-' velous Merit, and introducing the WORLD'S MOUNTED WARRIORS Buuh fti Indians. Soldier* of the Amnloan, English, Uvrman. Russian and Cuban Ann'os fully equipped READY FOR WAR jMie&hlbltton that teaohe? hut does not These are the Men who Do and Dare AND THE EVENTS IN THE AOTIONt A Grand Review pf All Nations ,lT Claudius and American Indians iiarilclpnte. Artillery DrIU by Veterans, the Plains with incidental events Pony Express litrilnit. Grouimof Mnxlenn Mnr«i'iuoii and Lasso Extorts. Celebrated Cracli Shots ami N toa Marksmen. Koal Arnlilm Horncmoii. Athletic Mfe-aaving Drills, by Votemns of the U. S. Llfo-SavhiR Service, Indian Uoya In favorite pastimes. Cowboy Fun With- The Bucking Broncos Wild Beast of the Forest. Genuine Cossacks from the Caucasus of Russia. U. 8. Cavalry Drills and Military ISxej-ctanB, The Kamotts Dftadwnod Stage Coaoh, Attack, Kepulse and Victory. Moments with_ tho Bnlns Throwers Rough llldera and Native Qauchos. lllfiKD OF Last of their Race, THE ONLY LIVING Genuine Full-Blooded Buffaloes A llufttlo iiiiQt as it was in tho Far West Keats of Marksmansfflp. Grand Military Maneuvers. Episodes of Camp Life, with all its humors and hardships. The Bivouac at nisht. Assembly of tho Allied Armies. Incldehtlal Drill and Action. Itnaustic Scenes "On the Firmp Line," all tho exciting elements of actual Warfare and Battle, In which "Old Glory" ulway* Waves Triumphant. The Battle of "LITTLE BIG HORN" GEN'L CUSTER'S LAST FIGHT. Historical Events of Life on the Western Plains. See It While You May! Enjoy It While You Canl Grand Review of the Rough Riders dato^E^WbUion.0 Two Exhibitions Dally, Rain or Shine. Afternoon at 2, Night at 9., Doors Open One Hour Earlier. AIM 0n HJl0W Bya Female. AMERICA'S ONLY LAOY METEOR who wlU make a Sensational Dive from too FEET IN MID-AIH. Wortn Miles of Travel Alone to See. You Ourfffo take The Democrat. Only $1.50 PER YEAR-AII the NEWS, Ciiy Hall Pharmacy. .v. ••. For Cold Drinks of All Kinds. Phosphates, Ice Cream Sodas, Fruit and Nut Sundays or Ice Cream. Plain Schoster Malt Tonic on ice all the time, Coca Cola and Root Beer. It is a fact that you can get a fine cold treat at Lawrence & Grams' Soda Fountain. Call and see for Yourself. 35:3 -FISH 104 }round8»Twice Iaily, at land 0:80 p.m. ri\LL IU ALL! The Most Daring Leap Ever Attempted m'°n ESS.-": nVL, 1 •m list •m- H' .?Vy-